Me and my best friend LillianAnd her blue tick hound dog GideonSittin' on the front porch coolin' in the shadeSingin' every song the radio playedWaitin' for the Alabama sun to go downTwo red dirt girls in a red dirt townMe and LillianJust across the lineAnd a little southeast of MeridianShe loved her brother I remember back whenHe was fixin' up a '49 IndianHe told her, "Little sister, gonna ride the windUp around the moon and back again"He never got farther than VietnamI was standin' there with herWhen the telegram come for LillianNow he's lyin' somewhereAbout a million miles from MeridianShe said, "There's not much hope for a red dirt girlSomewhere out there is a great big worldThat's where I'm bound""And the stars might fall on AlabamaBut one of these days I'm gonna swingMy hammer down"Away from this red dirt townI'm gonna make a joyful soundShe grew up tall and she grew up thinBuried that old dog GideonBy a crêpe myrtle bush in the back of the yardHer dad turned mean and her mama leaned hardGot in trouble with a boy from townFigured that she might as well settle downSo she dug right inAcross a red dirt lineJust a little southeast of MeridianYes, she tried hard to love himBut it never did takeIt was just another way for the heart to breakSo she learned to bendOne thing they don't tell you about the bluesWhen you got 'emYou keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottomThere ain't no end, at least not for LillianNobody knows when she started her skidShe was only 27 and she had five kidsCoulda been the whiskey, coulda been the pillsCoulda been the dream she was tryin' to killBut there won't be a mention in the News of the WorldAbout the life and the death of a red dirt girlNamed LillianWho never got any fartherAcross the line than MeridianNow the stars still fall on AlabamaTonight she finally laidThat hammer down without a soundIn the red dirt ground
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Emmylou Harris (Birmingham, Alabama, 2 de abril de 1947) es una cantautora de country estadounidense. Además de su trabajo como solista y componente de algunas bandas, en las que cantaba tanto canciones de otros compositores como suyas propias, también ha…
